Maybe someone should post a list of the things that seem to be 

taken for

 > granted as true and debunk them as either fanfic convention, anime 

vs

 > manga conflict, fanfic writer has too much testosterone at the 

moment...

  Here I go, contributing to the spam. Hoh-boy, do I really need that 
caffine right now. 

 Nabiki doing any sort of adult business activity such as playing in 

the

stock

 market.  It's certainly possible, and maybe even suggested by the 

Kinnosuke

 story, but most people who use it just got it from another fanfic.

  Depends on what else you define as 'adult business activities.' Does 
gambling count? (see Gambling King story)

Actually, no. There are numerous subtle hints in both the anime and 

manga that

Nabiki handles a LOT of the families affairs: She planned a great deal 

of

Ranma and Akanes aborted wedding, and Soun/Genma probably wouldn't have
trusted that to just anyone.

  Yes, yes, and we know just how well the wedding did, eh? Money sold 
them out. 
  

 Shampoo constantly drugging food.

There's precedent in both the anime and mangs for this; the fanfic 

convention

is the KIND of drug used, specifically Passion Spice. A LOT of people 

think

that PS is a part of the actual story, but it's not.

  I have no idea what Passion Spice is. And that's probably a Good Thing 
(TM) from what I've heard of it. 
  And shouldn't we be more concerned about the overuse of Kodachi 
drugging food/having her Acme junior chemist kit? 

 Ranma's mother as intelligent and perceptive.

This is an opinion statement; I personally think she's very perceptive. 

She

  Well, she's obviously NOT stupid, you gotta admit. 

suspected the Ranko/Ranma connection LONG before it actually came out 

(kinda

like a Lois Lane/Clark Kent/ Superman thing going on) and actively 

tried to

catch them in the lie.

  True. With rather humerous results, too. 

Evere see the scene where she clonks 'Ranko' on the head with a 

teakettle

because she thinks that'll turn her to Ranma? It's hilarious.

  LOL  

 Ryouga constantly getting lost in Australia, India, New York, the 

planet

 Mars, alternate dimensions, etc.

I pointed this out about a two months ago. People insulted my 

intelligence and

said I didn't know what the hell I was talking about. It was very 

demeaning.

  Hail, fanfic drinking contest! Three drinks for each and every exotic 
location outside Japan that Ryoga turns up in. 

 Mousse having to beat Ranma to get Shampoo's hand.  Or having to 

beat

 Shampoo.  Or variations with other Amazons and non-outsider males.

Dramatic liscence here. The rules of the Amazon tribe are never very 

clearly

spelled out beyond what happens to male and female outsiders, so you 

can go

nuts with your own interpretation.

It's a strict/loose interpretation kind of thing. 

  Bah, Mousse wants to beat up Ranma because Ranma has Shampoo's heart, 
nothing more. Nowhere does it imply that Mousse has to beat up anybody 
to marry Shampoo. He ASKS Shampoo for marriage; isn't that enough 
evidence for you (loose 'you') about what's going on? If it's obvious 
that Shampoo loves Ranma, getting rid of Ranma is just the next step up 
the ladder to Mousse's eyes (bad pun). 

also just 'villains of the week.' Plus, there's precedent; Tsubasa 

shows up in

the "Nerimean Parade" that occurs in the first movie.

Although that's not the BEST example, since EVERYBODY showed in that 

scene.

  Actually, that's one of the worst examples; it's the same type of 
example as by citing the Tendo Christmas party OAV as evidence (please 
don't make me laugh my spleen away!). 
  Most people only accept manga appearances (and I might be one of them) 
as fact-- ie, the Bakeneko shows up in two different manga stories, and 
can be called 'recurring,' depending on your definition. 

 Cursed people not aging in cursed form.  (Re: Tarou)

  How in the world did Taro get into this? 

 Tneshin Amaguriken as an attack: appears in anime, not in manga.

This is just flat-out wrong. The Chestnut Fist isn't grossly overused 

in the

manga, like it is in the anime (sometimes it seems like he's using it 

every

other episode) but he DOES use it. The fight with Ryoga right after he 

learned

Bakusai Tenketsu, for example. 

  And, if I'm not mistaken, that was the ONLY time Ranma used it (rather 
'abstract' use, as it was) in any form whatsoever as an attack. One 
could easily argue either way on that point-- training technique, or 
attack? 

"That's my story and I'm sticking to it."--JMS, creator of Babylon 5. 
"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die."--Kosh, Babylon 5.
"Jump. Jump now!"--Kosh, Babylon 5, making some sense. 

--Razorclaw X

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